Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 3 degrees, bitterly cold but sunny with blue skies. In the morning, it was a beautifully sunny day with blue skies, but in the afternoon, it was shitty weather with a lot of rain and bitterly cold. I usually have a class at 11 a.m. in England, which is 7 a.m. in Brazil. I sometimes expect the […]
Monday the 19th of February 2024: “Spring, and Brazil’s New Year”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 9 degrees, cool, sunny, and slightly overcast. It’s lovely to see the weather milder than when I arrived. The nights are bitterly cold, and the days are mild by British standards. Spring is coming, and it is nice to see the trees along the canal paths and my mother’s next-door neighbours’ trees blossoming in a beautiful, dark […]
Tuesday the 13th of February 2024: “Ego, Power and the Perverse Dance of Politics in Brazil”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 5 degrees, cold, grey and damp. It is officially the last day of Carnival in Brazil, and tomorrow people will gradually start to return to work. Even more so on Thursday, and most, 100%, will be back next Monday. As I have mentioned before, regarding work and business, Brazilians consider the new year to begin on the […]
Monday the 5th of February 2024: “A Reflection on Quality, Trade and Brazil’s Future”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 10 degrees, cold, damp, overcast, and the forecast is for rain. Monday of the week before Carnival in Brazil. It is cold, drizzly, damp, grey, and wet. I wanted to do some exercise this morning, but due to a heavy workout on Saturday, my legs are still sore, and it is difficult for me even to walk, […]
Thursday the 1st of February 2024: “A Small Reflection Between Life in England and Rio”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 2 degrees, cold, sunny and blue skies. Even though I wanted to do exercise outside, there were still sequelae from yesterday’s session. Instead, I thought it would be better to walk, get some shopping for my mother, and come back on foot. Ideally, it is good to do both, walking and exercise, but if for some reason […]
Monday the 29th of January 2024: “Silly Months and Goal Setting”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 12 degrees, chilly, grey and damp. Although it is not raining, it is extremely damp, and you can feel it in your bones. I wanted to get up early to go out and do some exercise, but it didn’t happen. Yesterday, I drank too many glasses of wine, and as a result, I didn’t sleep well. I […]
Saturday the 27th of January 2024: “A Walk Around Brierley Hill”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 5 degrees, cold, cloudy and with drizzle. Today has been basically one long walk. Up early, I worked on the computer, wrote in my journal, and then prepared to go out. I wanted to visit a second-hand motorbike dealer on the other side of Brierley Hill, near where my late grandfather lived. My mother knew that I […]
Friday the 19th of January 2024: “Family Balance”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: -3 degrees during the night. During the day, it is 3 degrees with sun and blue skies. It’s bitterly cold in Wordsley, but still sunny, which is a plus! I’m trying to get up early, but as I’ve mentioned before, it seems almost impossible until now. The three-hour difference also seems to coincide with my 8:00 a.m. […]
Wednesday the 17th of January 2024: “Walking in the Dark”!!!
Wordsley, Stourbridge, England: 1 degree, very cold, with light grey skies and no snow. I’m writing this entry on Friday, the 19th, two days after today. Usually, I write an entry at the end of the same day or the next, so that it is generally fresh in my mind. Nowadays, with the amount of things we cram into each […]
Wednesday the 22nd of November 2023: “Gratitude and Growth”!!!
Rio de Janeiro: 32 degrees, hot, sunny and overcast. Today was meant to be the day I travelled, at least for the first leg. However, it has been delayed by a day for some reason, so I will now only be travelling tomorrow. As a result, I utilised my time effectively to tackle some minor tasks. In the morning, I […]